Schools and Educational Improvement Adviser
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Location: 6 Brixton Hill, London, Lambeth, SW2 1RW
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Duration: 3+ Months - Hybrid - 2-3 days in schools
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
Pay Rate: £ 47.85 per hour
Job Reference: OR(phone number removed)
Job Responsibilities
- Provide strategic school improvement support across Lambeth primary and secondary schools, with a focus on maintained schools and engagement with academies.
- Work closely with senior education leaders, headteachers and governing bodies to improve educational outcomes for children and young people.
- Develop and implement effective school improvement strategies, training and leadership development programmes.
- Provide advice, challenge and support to schools, particularly those causing concern or experiencing multiple vulnerabilities.
- Oversee school improvement activity and ensure robust quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation of impact.
- Identify and assess risks within maintained schools and provide timely, evidence-based advice and intervention.
- Lead targeted support and intervention planning for vulnerable schools, monitoring progress and impact.
- Analyse school performance data and provide clear reports on educational standards, outcomes, risks and areas for improvement.
- Support schools with financial deficits, including deficit recovery planning and consideration of sustainable organisational and structural solutions.
- Develop effective governance support in partnership with Governor Services and school leaders.
- Work collaboratively with academies, trusts, school clusters and other education partners to strengthen school improvement capacity.
- Provide expert leadership, training, challenge and support to headteachers, teachers and other school leaders.
- Contribute to the recruitment, induction and development of headteachers and senior education leaders.
- Monitor national and local education policy and identify opportunities to strengthen the Council's school improvement offer.
- Identify opportunities for new services, contracts and grant funding that support improved outcomes.
- Promote equality, diversity, inclusion and community cohesion across school improvement activity.
- Produce regular reports for senior leadership on service performance, impact and value for money.
Essential
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with evidence of continuing professional development.
- Substantial professional knowledge of the education system, school improvement and safeguarding frameworks.
- Strong understanding of statutory education requirements, including Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), Ofsted frameworks and the SEND Code of Practice.
- Good understanding of the Local Authority's role in monitoring, challenging and supporting maintained schools.
- Strong knowledge of school improvement strategies, leadership, teaching, learning, inclusion and educational outcomes.
- Understanding of the financial, legal and operational environment within schools and an inner-London local authority.
- Knowledge of school finance systems and experience of deficit recovery planning.
- Understanding of the challenges faced by schools and communities in a deprived inner-city area.
- Substantial senior management experience within statutory education or school improvement.
- Proven track record of improving outcomes and service delivery across schools or learning organisations.
- Experience as a headteacher, senior school leader and/or in Ofsted inspection.
- Experience of working across multiple schools and education settings to deliver school improvement.
- Experience of collaborative working with schools, local authorities and external partners.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to use performance data to identify risks, priorities and improvement opportunities.
- Excellent communication, influencing, leadership and presentation skills.
- Ability to provide effective challenge while building positive and productive relationships.
- Strong commitment to equality, inclusion, safeguarding and achieving the best outcomes for children and young people.
- Ability to work strategically while responding flexibly to changing priorities.
- Equity: Promotes fairness, inclusion, diversity and collaborative working.
- Kindness: Communicates with empathy, respect and integrity and supports the development of others.
- Accountability: Takes responsibility for decisions, performance and outcomes and acts promptly when issues arise.
- Ambition: Promotes high standards, innovation, continuous improvement and positive outcomes for children and communities.
- Start: ASAP.
- Contract pattern: 3–4 days per week.
- Working arrangement: Hybrid, with 2–3 days per week based in schools.
- Rate: £450–£500 Ltd per day.
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